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The Piano Movers

Episode Number: 14    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Friday April 14, 1972    Prod Code: 114
A wealthy man wants to get rid of a grand piano and Lamont gets a great deal on it. However, the big problem turns out to be moving it out of the man's apartment.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Aaron Ruben
Director: Bruce Bilson
Star: Demond Wilson (Lamont Sanford),  Redd Foxx (Fred G. Sanford)
Guest Star: Lester Fletcher (Man),  Rick Hurst (Policeman)

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This episode features the first time Fred uses the hand waggle to refer to someone's homosexual tendencies. (edit)
Rick Hurst would go on to play Boss Hogg's cousin deputy Cletus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard. (edit)
This episode is based on the Steptoe and Son episode, "The Piano", written by Alan Galton and Ray Simpson. (edit)

Quotes

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Man: I'll sue you. I'll sue you both. I'm going to call my attorney right now. Samson and Son isn't it? Samson.
Fred: No. It's Samson and Delilah. I'm Samson. (edit)
Fred: (while Fred and Lamont are trying to move the piano from the doorway) Listen, Lamont, I pushed it, pulled it, twisted it, and wiggled it. Now, what do you want me to do next? The Funky Chicken? (edit)
Man: Uh Uh Uh!
Lamont: (to Fred) It's the chair.
Man: It's a Chippendale. Not for sitting.
Fred: You oughta get a Sears Roebuck, they're made for sitting. (edit)
Man: With those heavy boots you wouldn't want to walk on an old Persian carpet, would you?
Fred: Listen, with these heavy boots I'd walk on an old Persian. (edit)
Man: (as he gives Fred his slippers) Sorry these are the only shoes I have in your size.
Fred Who wore these last? The thief of Baghdad? (edit)

Trivia

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At one point, Fred tells the man that he was in the infantry during WWII. Later, he tells the man he was in the paratroops. The man says "Paratroopers? I thought you were in the infantry!"

Airborne paratroopers are actually part of the infantry. Fred doesn't know this either, and mumbles something about the seeming contradiction. (edit)
Just before the 15:00 mark, when Fred is holding the cigarette, you can see a boom microphone shadow over him and part of the background (edit)

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